Toy



- Aug. 7, I945. N. F. GRUSENMEYER 2,381,537

TOY

. Filed Jan 15, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. lVfTT/E FLORENCE 6RU$ENMEYR WM I W- v1945 N. F. GRQSENMEYER TOY Filed Jan. 15, 1944 2 She ets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR.

NETT/E FLORENCE GRwE/VMEYER I Wu-4,

Patented 7,1945

' simple inexpensive form 7 herein. g

' Pursuant to Rev. St.

and illustrate two forms of my invention, but it is not'with the intention of r ar;

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, My invention relates 'bto-q. improvements in wheeled toys}; I 1

The objectlof Im'y ."inv en'ti'on is to provide a of animated wheeled toy in which the rotation of the-wheels as the toy is moved over a plane surface cause portions.

simulating. wings to rise andfall; to provide foot simulating portions which will flap on the plane surface whenthe wing comes into its lowest position; to" provide a wheel cart having the above features incorporated in the sides of the cart body; and to provideother features explained Sec. 4888.1 shall describe tion to. these, particular forms or embodiments,

1 except as required by the state of the art and the appended claims. I

In the drawings, 1

Fig. l is a view in perspective of a 'embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a view of the same device from the Fig. 3 is a view in vertical cross-section taken aft of the cart axle;

Fig. 4 is a view in perspective of a modifica- Fig.'5 is aview of the same device from the rear; and

Fig. 6 is a view connecting link. k

Referring to the drawings illustrated in Fig. 1, this form of the invention includes the carrying platform I having a tail gate H and a dash boardv I2. ,These parts are secured to the side frame members l3 andl i which are shaped to represent v form or bird. or other Winged creature. These side frame members include the head portion IS, the under portion [6, and the back por- The eye l8, b ill l9, andother identifying. marks of the particular bird are painted or otherwise represented on thet sides 13 and 14 so asto carry out the general effect desired. In

in perspective of one formof the base [6 of each side member'is 'a hole 20 to receive the axle 2| on'which thewheels support the cart'or wagon are secured. As shown 7 in Fig. 3, the carrying platform or floor It) preflaibly is set in'dado grooves cut in the side me Between the lower section l6 and upper section I! of each side member a flexwheeled cart and to the toy wagon I attic-FlorenceGrusenmeyer.San Francisco,[

Hand 14.; Thesewine d normay be of leatherprpaper, wood, or any other suitable materi'aland ,are. intended to simulate the wings of '15 limiting my invencarrying platform a side profile of I end. A'handle 22 which I ibly mounted,- winged simulating portion 30, is

. secured so that the winged portion 30 will hinge generally along its joint with the side members bird rep-resented by the side mem- I have found a good way to secure these winged members 30 to the sides is to cut a slot 3 l part way along the back of the bird at a thickness 'adap ed to receive the winged member when it is inserted. A few brads securely lock it in the slot. The wing members 30 are adapted to flap up and down, and this movement is imparted to them by means of a link 33pivoted the particular bers l3 and M.

at 34 to each wheel 22 and loosely secured at 35 to the wing member screw or tack 36. The connection to the wheel.

30 by means of the headed at 3 l'may be by a small nail 31 which will allow the link 33 sufficient oscillating movement to flex outwardly 'as it. moves upwardly into the position shown in the right in form of thi link member 33 is shown in Fig. 6 having the foot simulating portion 40 which may be of paper, thin rubber, leather, or other suitable material gluedor secured in a slot 4| in the bottom end of link 33. In lieu of such a slot, the foot simulating portion 40 may be tacked to the bottom end of link 33. As shown in Fig. 1

link'approaches its lowest far described thus includes the II], the 'pair of spaced apart side members 13 an M to support this platform,

The device so said side members being shaped to simulate the body of a winged fowl, an'axle shaft 2| journaled in these side member's, wheels 22 secured thereon, hingedly mounted wing simulating portions 30 extending over the outside edge of each side member l3 and I4, a'link 33 pivoted to. each wheel 22 and secured at 35 to the adjacent winged portion and ahingedly mounted foot simulating portion 40 secured to each link 33 adjacent its low-er may be secured to the front of the wagon. As the wagon is pulled along a plane surface the rotation of the wheels will cause the winged, members 30 to rise and fall, and the foot members 40 to flap on the plane surface each time they come into their lower positions.

Fig. 3. A detail of one the wheels 62 at 180 essential, however, because in the case of certain fowl the simultaneous rise and fall of the wings may be desirable.

Turning now to Fig. 4, the same principles of the invention are applicable. Here the toy includes a combination of a body member 60 in the shape of a winged bird, with a shaft 61 journaled therein having a wheel 62 secured to each 34 to each wheel and loosely 63, and

for one wing 63 to be up when the other is down.

This toy is pulled around by a string 70.

What I claim is:

Ina toy, the combination of a body member shaped like a bird; a pair of wheels rigidly secured to a common axle rotatably journaled in said member and supporting said body when it is rolled over a plane surface, each of said wheels having a stub shaft set in its outer face, the stub shaft on one wheel being substantially 180 ofiset radially from theother; a flexible continuous sheet member simulating a pair of wings secured to said body member and extending outwardly therefrom on each side over said wheels; a pair of upstanding generally cylindrical members, each simulating a leg of the bird, each cylindrical leg member having a flexible sheet member secured at its lower end so as to simulate a flapping webfoot, a connection at its upper end to the flexible sheet member simulating the wing, and a pivoting means part way up the leg to connect with the stub shaft on the Wheel adjacent it; whereby, as the wheels rotate, one cylindrical leg memfber lifts its connected wing and web-foot and then flaps it down while the other leg member is doing the reverse, to simulate the bodily gyrations of a waddling type of short-legged bird.

NETTlE FLORENCE GRUSENMEYER. 

